Hyderabad, May 19 -- The Telangana Cabinet meeting scheduled for May 21 has been postponed to May 23, with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy choosing Yadagirigutta in Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district as the venue, which is a departure from the customary practice of holding such meetings at the Dr BR Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat in Hyderabad.

The rescheduling was necessitated by the "Antyah Pushkaralu" at the Saraswathi temple in Basara, on the banks of the Godavari, which falls on the same day as the original date. Most ministers had already been assigned to oversee the religious event to ensure that the large number of devotees expected from across the state face no difficulties, making it impractical to hold the Cabinet meeting simult...